Katie Spiker is a federal policy analyst for National Skills Coalition and has worked with apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs across the country. She is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and a 2015 Ford Public Voices Fellow.
Women have been stuck at low rates of apprenticeships for decades. The government is now working to expand this vital on-the-job training to new industries and this time we should make sure women don't miss the boat.